The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival – Aristotle

Wit is educated insolence – Aristotle

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead – Aristotle

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold – Aristotle

The secret to humor is surprise – Aristotle

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends – Aristotle